Neighbor saves man from flaming home

Updated 9:46 am, Friday, August 10, 2012

The home was completely destroyed in a fire on Tuesday evening in Bon Wier

The home was completely destroyed in a fire on Tuesday evening in Bon Wier

Photo: Photo Courtesy Of Melissa Osborne And Sheila Aycock

Neighbor saves man from flaming home

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A home is lost in the Bon Wier Community, but a life was saved thanks to one attentive and brave neighbor.Melissa Osborne says that her grandfather, William "Bill" Aycock's (90 years old), home located at 6927 CR 4059 in Bon Wier caught fire on Tuesday afternoon, August 7.

Aycock reportedly was refusing to leave the home despite the flames and was trying to save as many possessions as possible when the neighbor known only as "Don" saw the smoke and responded. Reportedly, he ran into the blaze and physically removed Aycock from the home.

Aycock sustained second-degree burns on his forehand and hands and was sent to a local hospital via ambulance for smoke inhalation and treatment for the burns then released.

Another relative was also in the home trying to get Aycock to leave and suffered from smoke inhalation and was treated at the hospital as well.

Osborne said that Aycock lost his home and carport, which housed both his vehicle and tractor. The cause of the fire is still undetermined at this time.

Aycock also played an important role many years ago as a key witness in a murder trial many years ago when a little girl was kidnapped from trade days and found dead on Cow Creek. He had seen the vehicle that the suspect was in and thanks to his phone call to the police authorities were able to locate the body and pursue a suspect.